Birthday: October 8, 1970
Born: Massachusetts, USA

Matt dropped out of Harvard University 12 credits short of graduating in order to pursue his career as an actor. His first film role was a one-line part in Mystic Pizza (1988). Hollywood's powerbrokers realized his potential as a serious actor when they saw him play a Gulf War vet-turned-heroin addict in Courage Under Fire (1996). One of Matt's closest childhood friends was fellow young thespian Ben Affleck, who starred in Chasing Amy (1997). Damon and Affleck collaborated on the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), in which they co- star.